Manufacturing & Materials
Open-hearth furnace
An open-hearth furnace refines steel in a shallow hearth heated by flames and regenerative air systems. Its large batches and accessible melt helped make steel composition more controllable during industrial production.
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An open-hearth furnace refines steel in a shallow hearth heated by flames and regenerative air systems. Its large batches and accessible melt helped make steel composition more controllable during industrial production.
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Image: Práce_na_martinské_peci.jpg
Creator: Viktor Mácha
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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